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Trailer Bills are Loophole Goldmine for Legislators' Pet Projects - Like 'Thieves in the Night,'

CHUCK 2012/06/23 01:06:31
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The California Assembly will vote on a bill that would extend the ban on
dredging with no end as well as add additional language to AB 120
assuring dredging is never reopened.

This bill, known as a
"trailer bill" was snuck in by the same author as AB 120 - Jared Huffman
a self avowed radical environmentalist. Let's not let one person take
away our due process rights under the American Constitution.


I
SPOKE WITH A STAFF MEMBER OF ( JARED HUFFMAN) SHE HAD TROUBLE
IDENTIFYING...THE BILL THAT WOULD FURTHER BAN SUCTION DREDGING. SHE
CLAIMED THAT SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT..

You
really have to appreciate the legislative process. No one knows where
the “anti-dredging” bill originated, or who introduced it. For the last
couple of months, it has had no name, and no one knew how to track it
(without a name). We now think it is going to be voted on in the house
(still without a name or number) and then after it passes it gets a name
or number- which sounds a little bassakwards to me. Next stop, is the
Governors Desk, sometime next week. This type of shenanigans begs the
question, “what awful OTHER trailer bills are they doing this with?”


THE AB120 BILL COSTS CALIFORNIA OVER 60 MILLION A YEAR IN LOST SPENDING BY DREDGERS.. WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO LOSE INCOME..THE STATE NEEDS LEGITIMATE INCOME.. VOTE NO ON ALL TAXES..

Capitol Office: CALL AND FAX YOUR CONCERNS..

THIS GUY PLANS ON RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT..THESE TRAILER BILLS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL..


State Capitol

P.O. Box 942849

Sacramento, CA

94249-0006

Tel: (916) 319-2006

Fax: (916) 319-2106



Marin County:

3501 Civic Center Drive

Suite 412

San Rafael, CA 94903

Tel: (415) 479-4920

Fax: (415) 479-2123



Sonoma County:

11 English Street

Room 15

Petaluma, CA 94952

Tel: (707) 773-0606

Fax: (707) 773-1033

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  • CHUCK 2012/06/23 01:08:43
    JARED IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL..
    CHUCK
    +3
    I WROTE TO SEVERAL BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS ,NO RESPONSE..



    I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.. I WOULD ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE ON THE RESOURCES BUDGET TRAILER BILL ,REGARDING MODIFYING THE GOLD SUCTION DREDGING REGULATIONS.. BY JARED HUFFMAN..


    THIS HOW I SEE IT.. MR. JARED HUFFMAN..((WHO HAS NEVER DREDGED A DAY IN HIS LIFE))

    AGAIN OUR LEGISLATORS FAILED TO READ A BILL THAT THEY RE SO EAGER TO PASS. SB 670 CLOSING ALL THE RIVERS TO SUCTION DREDGING. THIS WILL NOT HELP THE SALMON. ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT FLOW EASTWARD FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRAS. NOR WILL IT DO MUCH ON ALL THE WESTERN FLOWING RIVERS THAT ARE DAMNED UP WITHOUT FISH LADDERS. THE KERN RIVER FOR EXAMPLE HAS NO WAY IN HELL FOR A SALMON TO SWIM UP STREAM FROM THE OCEAN. YET WE FUNDED A STUDY (THAT COST 2 MILLION )NO PROOF THAT DREDGING CAUSED DAMAGE) .. THIS BAN HAS CAUSED 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO OUR CALIFORNIA ECONOMY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE A ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON SUCTION GOLD DREDGING WAS COMPLETED BY THE STATE IN 1994.DREDGERS TAKE OUT "MERCURY AND LEAD" FROM THE RIVERS WHICH ARE FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO WASTE IN OUR BUDGET PERHAPS A SELECT GROUP OF RIVERS THAT HAVE SALMON WOULD BE A B...








    I WROTE TO SEVERAL BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS ,NO RESPONSE..



    I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.. I WOULD ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE ON THE RESOURCES BUDGET TRAILER BILL ,REGARDING MODIFYING THE GOLD SUCTION DREDGING REGULATIONS.. BY JARED HUFFMAN..


    THIS HOW I SEE IT.. MR. JARED HUFFMAN..((WHO HAS NEVER DREDGED A DAY IN HIS LIFE))

    AGAIN OUR LEGISLATORS FAILED TO READ A BILL THAT THEY RE SO EAGER TO PASS. SB 670 CLOSING ALL THE RIVERS TO SUCTION DREDGING. THIS WILL NOT HELP THE SALMON. ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT FLOW EASTWARD FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRAS. NOR WILL IT DO MUCH ON ALL THE WESTERN FLOWING RIVERS THAT ARE DAMNED UP WITHOUT FISH LADDERS. THE KERN RIVER FOR EXAMPLE HAS NO WAY IN HELL FOR A SALMON TO SWIM UP STREAM FROM THE OCEAN. YET WE FUNDED A STUDY (THAT COST 2 MILLION )NO PROOF THAT DREDGING CAUSED DAMAGE) .. THIS BAN HAS CAUSED 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO OUR CALIFORNIA ECONOMY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE A ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON SUCTION GOLD DREDGING WAS COMPLETED BY THE STATE IN 1994.DREDGERS TAKE OUT "MERCURY AND LEAD" FROM THE RIVERS WHICH ARE FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO WASTE IN OUR BUDGET PERHAPS A SELECT GROUP OF RIVERS THAT HAVE SALMON WOULD BE A BETTER CHOICE.HOW MANY RIVERS ARE OPEN TO SALMON FROM THE OCEAN?HOW DO DAMS HELP THE SALMON?
    COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS PUT A LOT MORE MERCURY IN THE AIR THEN MINERS COULD DO..
    ..THE COHO SALMON ARE ALSO UNDER ATTACK FROM THE JAPANESE AND OTHER COUNTRIES .., THAT USE NETS UP TO 25 MILES LONG TO HARVEST FISH..
    ALSO THE GREAT WHITE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO DINE ON THE CO HOE SALMON..


    HOW ABOUT SOME COMMON SENSE ??OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS IT..
    WHERE IS THE SCIENTIFIC DATA TO SUPPORT A BAN ON DREDGING ??

    DURING SPRING RUN OFF MOTHER NATURE MOVES MORE OF THE RIVER BOTTOM IN 1 HOUR THAN ALL THE MINERS PUT TOGETHER ..BOULDERS BIGGER THAN REFRIGERATORS TUMBLE DOWN THE RIVER..
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  • Elleryqueen 2012/07/07 22:23:48
    JARED IS A TYPICAL POLITICIAN..
    Elleryqueen
    +1
    Like Pelosi with the healthlesscare bill. "Have to pass it in order to know what's in it."
  • Pearlie Momi♥Patriot Warrior♥ 2012/07/07 19:29:15
    JARED IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL..
    Pearlie Momi♥Patriot Warrior♥
    +1
    Jared is a pathetic typical liberal. Vote Obama out and she will be gone in a heart beat.....Can't wait till this radical libs get out of our lives.
  • Leasheryn/Lady Willpower 2012/06/25 01:30:34
    JARED IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL..
    Leasheryn/Lady Willpower
    +1
    Typical liberal...introduce a bill and immediately claim to know nothing about it. Next thing you know, he'll claim Bush did it.
  • Bob DiN 2012/06/24 11:37:33
    JARED IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL..
    Bob DiN
    +1
    These jerks think they were born to spend our money.
  • Don Leuty 2012/06/23 09:15:02
    JARED IS A TYPICAL POLITICIAN..
    Don Leuty
    +2
    Trailer Bills, earmarks, smoke and mirrors, camouflage. What cannot stand the light of day creeps in under a rock.
  • CHUCK Don Leuty 2012/06/24 01:12:29 (edited)
    CHUCK
    How We Take America Back




    PLEASE CALL THOSE # S AND POST YOUR RESULTS..

    PLEASE CALL JARED HUFF MAN AT 916-319-2096 OR 707-773-773-0606..

    ASK THE NUMBER OF THE TRAILER BILL TO FURTHER BAN DREDGING IN CA.RIVERS..THAT JARED HUFFMAN IS INVOLVED WITH..

    POST YOUR RESULTS..
  • Don Leuty CHUCK 2012/06/24 06:02:49
    Don Leuty
    +2
    Even a blind hog can find a stick every once in awhile. Jerry Brown vetoed about this time last year, didn't he? Huffman just drags it back in the door, like a cat dragging in a rat carcass.

    I don't even pretend to come close to understanding the Califonia legislature, nor do I really want to. Occasional blips appear on the radar about gold mining in CA. The dredging moratorium was said to have idled 15-20, 000 workers. Now they want to extend this job-killer at a time when they should be adding tax revenue?!???

    My heart goes out to you guys, but your legislature is out of its tree. A lot of us outlanders are reaching the point of saying, "Give it back to Mexico.", but we are afraid it might start a war.

    We, Texans still have the contractual right to leave the Union. If, CA goes belly-up and Obama-san wants the rest of the country to shoulder the load, that would probably be enough for Texas to call in its marker.

    Save up your money and move out of state. Rathole every cent just so you will be ready when Sacramento sinks. The move back and by back the state for 2-cents on the dollar.
  • LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH 2012/06/23 02:37:25 (edited)
    I AM A GUN OWNER WILL I BE NEXT??
    LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH
    +2
    SNEAKY-SNAKY-DEMON RATS

    ARE SNAKES with 2 FEET,

    FORKED TONGUE,

    And VENOMOUS FANGS.

    ********
    SORRY, I HAVE TO PUKE!
  • CHUCK 2012/06/23 01:08:43
    JARED IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL..
    CHUCK
    +3
    I WROTE TO SEVERAL BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS ,NO RESPONSE..



    I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.. I WOULD ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE ON THE RESOURCES BUDGET TRAILER BILL ,REGARDING MODIFYING THE GOLD SUCTION DREDGING REGULATIONS.. BY JARED HUFFMAN..


    THIS HOW I SEE IT.. MR. JARED HUFFMAN..((WHO HAS NEVER DREDGED A DAY IN HIS LIFE))

    AGAIN OUR LEGISLATORS FAILED TO READ A BILL THAT THEY RE SO EAGER TO PASS. SB 670 CLOSING ALL THE RIVERS TO SUCTION DREDGING. THIS WILL NOT HELP THE SALMON. ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT FLOW EASTWARD FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRAS. NOR WILL IT DO MUCH ON ALL THE WESTERN FLOWING RIVERS THAT ARE DAMNED UP WITHOUT FISH LADDERS. THE KERN RIVER FOR EXAMPLE HAS NO WAY IN HELL FOR A SALMON TO SWIM UP STREAM FROM THE OCEAN. YET WE FUNDED A STUDY (THAT COST 2 MILLION )NO PROOF THAT DREDGING CAUSED DAMAGE) .. THIS BAN HAS CAUSED 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO OUR CALIFORNIA ECONOMY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE A ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON SUCTION GOLD DREDGING WAS COMPLETED BY THE STATE IN 1994.DREDGERS TAKE OUT "MERCURY AND LEAD" FROM THE RIVERS WHICH ARE FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO WASTE IN OUR BUDGET PERHAPS A SELECT GROUP OF RIVERS THAT HAVE SALMON WOULD BE A B...








    I WROTE TO SEVERAL BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS ,NO RESPONSE..



    I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.. I WOULD ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE ON THE RESOURCES BUDGET TRAILER BILL ,REGARDING MODIFYING THE GOLD SUCTION DREDGING REGULATIONS.. BY JARED HUFFMAN..


    THIS HOW I SEE IT.. MR. JARED HUFFMAN..((WHO HAS NEVER DREDGED A DAY IN HIS LIFE))

    AGAIN OUR LEGISLATORS FAILED TO READ A BILL THAT THEY RE SO EAGER TO PASS. SB 670 CLOSING ALL THE RIVERS TO SUCTION DREDGING. THIS WILL NOT HELP THE SALMON. ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT FLOW EASTWARD FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRAS. NOR WILL IT DO MUCH ON ALL THE WESTERN FLOWING RIVERS THAT ARE DAMNED UP WITHOUT FISH LADDERS. THE KERN RIVER FOR EXAMPLE HAS NO WAY IN HELL FOR A SALMON TO SWIM UP STREAM FROM THE OCEAN. YET WE FUNDED A STUDY (THAT COST 2 MILLION )NO PROOF THAT DREDGING CAUSED DAMAGE) .. THIS BAN HAS CAUSED 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO OUR CALIFORNIA ECONOMY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE A ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON SUCTION GOLD DREDGING WAS COMPLETED BY THE STATE IN 1994.DREDGERS TAKE OUT "MERCURY AND LEAD" FROM THE RIVERS WHICH ARE FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO WASTE IN OUR BUDGET PERHAPS A SELECT GROUP OF RIVERS THAT HAVE SALMON WOULD BE A BETTER CHOICE.HOW MANY RIVERS ARE OPEN TO SALMON FROM THE OCEAN?HOW DO DAMS HELP THE SALMON?
    COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS PUT A LOT MORE MERCURY IN THE AIR THEN MINERS COULD DO..
    ..THE COHO SALMON ARE ALSO UNDER ATTACK FROM THE JAPANESE AND OTHER COUNTRIES .., THAT USE NETS UP TO 25 MILES LONG TO HARVEST FISH..
    ALSO THE GREAT WHITE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO DINE ON THE CO HOE SALMON..


    HOW ABOUT SOME COMMON SENSE ??OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS IT..
    WHERE IS THE SCIENTIFIC DATA TO SUPPORT A BAN ON DREDGING ??

    DURING SPRING RUN OFF MOTHER NATURE MOVES MORE OF THE RIVER BOTTOM IN 1 HOUR THAN ALL THE MINERS PUT TOGETHER ..BOULDERS BIGGER THAN REFRIGERATORS TUMBLE DOWN THE RIVER..
    (more)
  • LADY LI... CHUCK 2012/06/23 02:40:05
    LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH
    +1
    THANKS, CHUCK! I'm VERY INTERESTED!
  • CHUCK LADY LI... 2012/06/24 01:15:58 (edited)
    CHUCK
    +1
    PLEASE CALL JARED HUFF MAN AT 916-319-2096 OR 707-773-773-0606..

    ASK THE NUMBER OF THE TRAILER BILL TO FURTHER BAN DREDGING IN CA.RIVERS..THAT JARED HUFFMAN IS INVOLVED WITH..

    POST YOUR RESULTS..

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  • CHUCK LADY LI... 2012/06/24 19:01:52
    CHUCK
    +2
    TRANSPARENCY OUT THE WINDOW..

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